Presentation proposals for the 2017 conference are in and we are thrilled by the response! by Beth Snow

That’s a 30% increase over the previous record, set by the 2015 conference in Montreal, which received 275 proposals. In addition, we received 43 workshop proposals. As one of the program co-chairs, I am excited both by the depth and breadth of proposals, which will allow us to put together an amazing program to offer on our theme of Facing Forward: Innovation, Action, and Reflection. Moreover, this signals that there is a lot of interest from the evaluation community in attention our conference next spring!

Now to look a little more closely at the numbers..

Breakdown of the proposals by type

We are especially delighted that 7% of our proposals came from students! Said the conference planning committee’s student engagement rep, Michelle Naimi: “As the CESBCY Student Coordinator, I am so pleased to see a significant number of student proposal submissions for the 2017 CES national conference. Students play a crucial part of the future of evaluation, so it’s great to see so many becoming engaged in the field, not only learning, but knowledge sharing as well.”

Next Steps

The peer review process for presentations has already been launched and each proposal will be reviewed at least twice based on the criteria included in the call for proposals. The final selection will be completed following the receipt of all the reviews. Everyone who submitted a proposal expect to receive an individual response to their proposal(s) by mid-January.

@StrongRoots_SK @Broadleafc I can't believe it's been 10 episodes of @evalcafe already! Also, we just confirmed that we're going to be recording a session at @CES_SCE_c2018. Fitting, since this whole thing got kicked off at #EvalC17! Follow @evalcafe for more details as they come. ;)